Can I comment on something about just homosexuality and choice? I've always been confused by how people think its some sort of choice. It just makes no-sense to me that a person would think people can just switch on and off whether they like the same sex or not. I often here people who have said there friends "switched" but that's not exactly providing any scientific reasoning, just general observation without any empirical evidence. I mean, people can discover they're homosexual/asexual/etc after exploring their tastes more, but changing whether someone like one sex sounds more ludicrous. Even homosexual/bisexual people themselves say they used to be straight but I feel like its more because of heteronormativity if anything. Also I've heard of being "born straight" is also confusing to me since straight refers to heterosexuality, so how would children before puberty understand or feel sexual feelings? They may be destined to be a certain sexuality, but people wouldn't know until they hit puberty.
TL:DR Why do people think that homosexuality is a choice? The other info is just shit thats been on my mind after just some random pondering.
Mizu wrote:Gay's and Lezzies should have the same rights as anyone else, but the first step to being thought of as Equal is to stop acting like you're special. You are a homosexual, that's great. So? I mean when you give yourself a Parade you're kind of separating yourself. Like the first post said, don't expect special treatment for being gay and you probably won't get discrimination for being gay. Don't demand respect for your sexuality, demand respect for being a decent person. Because that's all you are, just another guy/girl walking down the street. Don't define yourself by your sexuality in titles either, that also seperates you. A Gay Animator or Gay Writer is no different than a Hetero Write/Animator, or Asexual/bisexual/pansexual Writer/Animator.
Puclic PDA's are okay I guess, in a bus or restaurant it might get alittle annoying but that's just an small thing, now when PDA's get over the top and crazy with it is where it's just plain annoying, this applys to any gender/sexuality. Keep it pg please at least.
Thornsberry wrote:I do agree with over the top PDA,
being gay isn't something you can choose, maybe some environmental factors are in play, but I do believe it is a genetic thing
Explanation please
Keep in mind that although they may have around the same rights as today, you don't hear heterosexual people killed by bigoted douchedicks or abandoned by their families for being straight (or if it has happened, not as often for homosexual people), but homosexuals have been prosecuted by people throughout centuries. I'm not saying that we have to respect them for their sexuality, but understand that couple years back, it makes sense why its respectable amongst groups of people to come out because essentially they risk being abandoned by their family, bullied by their friends, or even killed because some dickshit couldn't grasp or bare the concept some one likes the same sex. People respected them for their bravery for coming out, not because their gay.
